• Democrat Party Monopoly on Black Vote Ends
  
  Black Americans, particularly young Blacks and Black men, want a future, and they see the future in freedom.
• Job Openings Rise in November, But Hiring Slows
  
  The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3-1/2 year low in September, a sign that businesses are still seeking workers even though hiring has cooled.
• Social Security Sees 200K Drop For Supplemental Benefit
  
  Higher cost of living and a surge of baby boomers opting to stay in the workforce are two factors behind a 200,000 drop of beneficiaries applying for Supplemental Security Income, Newsweek reported Monday.
• Fed Officials See Inflation Fight as Broadly on Track
  
  The US appears on track to hit its long-term target of two percent inflation despite a recent uptick, two Federal Reserve officials said Monday, with one indicating support for another rate cut this month.The US central bank has been on a journey since the Covid-19...
• Fed Cuts? Don't Count on It - Inflation Is Staging a Comeback
  
  The Federal Reserve has a problem. It's been cutting rates to boost the economy, but guess what? Inflation isn't cooperating. In fact, the latest data makes it painfully clear: those cuts may have been a mistake.
• Trump Working His Magic With Tariff Diplomacy
  
  Although Donald Trump is seven weeks away from being sworn in as the nation's 47th president, he is already showing that he can solve the nation's most difficult problems.
• Trump's Deportation Plan Poised to Detonate Nationwide Fury
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of illegal aliens starting with the estimated 400,000 criminal aliens is about to detonate shock waves throughout the nation.
• US Manufacturing Improves in November
  
  U.S. manufacturing activity improved in November, with orders growing for the first time in eight months and factories facing significantly lower prices for inputs.
• Taiwan President Touts Tech Partnership with US
  
  Taiwan's partnership with the United States is a source of strength for the high-tech industry, including the semiconductor sector, and shows the island is a trusted and reliable partner, President Lai Ching-te told a think-tank in Hawaii.
• GOP to Push Tax Breaks, Border Funding in Jan
  
  Republicans are marshaling together a large bill for January before President-elect Donald Trump even takes office, with measures such as extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, delivering funding for the border, and cutting a number of Biden-era green policies pushed.
• Kremlin: Trump Threat to BRICS Nations over US Dollar Will Backfire
  
  The Kremlin said on Monday that any U.S. attempt to compel countries to use the dollar would backfire after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on BRICS countries if they created their own currency. Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member...
• Canada: N.A. Free Trade Partners Should Align on China
  
  Canada thinks the members of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact have a chance to produce a fully aligned policy on China, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said.
• Trump Changes Tune on Strong Dollar
  
  The dollar is making the early running Monday, retaking some of last week's losses helped in part by rare words of support from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
• Sen. Sanders: Musk Right on Pentagon Waste
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders praised tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday over plans by the Department of Government Efficiency to eliminate waste in defense spending.
• Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on BRIC Nations
  
  President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.
• US LNG Natural Gas Demand Nears Record Level
  
  Gas demand from the U.S. largest liquefied natural gas producers soared on Friday to near-record levels on cooler weather and fewer outages, according to preliminary data from financial firm LSEG.
• Report: Trump, Dimon Speak Privately on Economy
  
  President-elect Donald Trump and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon have been talking secretly, through back channels, in recent months with the Wall Street mogul helping Trump on his economic policy agenda before and after the election, according to a new report.
• Trump's 1st Tariffs Did Little to Impact Economy, But This Time Could Be Different
  
  Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries.
• Mexico Says Trump Tariffs Would Cost 400,000 US Jobs
  
  Mexico said Wednesday the United States will be shooting itself in the foot if President-elect Donald Trump implements his threats to impose 25-percent tariffs on Mexican imports.Trump on Monday fired the warning shot in a looming trade war with the top three US trading...
• GOP States Sue BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard Over ESG
  
  BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have been sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states, which said the large asset managers violated antitrust law through climate activism that resulted in reduced coal production and higher energy prices.
• US Consumer Spending Increases Solidly in October
  
  U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in October, suggesting that the economy maintained its strong pace of growth early in the fourth quarter.
• Trump Picks Hassett to Lead National Economic Council
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has named Kevin Hassett to lead the National Economic Council.
• Walmart's DEI Rollback Signals Profound Shift After Trump's Victory
  
  Walmart's sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are reevaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster small segments of the American consumer base.
• South Korea Preparing Responses to Potential US Tariffs
  
  South Korea's presidential office said the government would step up efforts to prepare response measures to potential U.S. tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as domestic firms would inevitably be affected by them, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
• China Warns Trump Against Mutually Destructive Tariff War
  
  China's state media warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump his pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows could drag the world's top two economies into a mutually destructive tariff war.

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